AFRICA: Kenyan president Uhura Kenyatta took what appears to be an unassailable lead in elections, according to preliminary results.

AMERICAS: Governments from across Latin America agreed not to recognize Venezuela’s powerful new constituent assembly, saying that it represented a breakdown in the country’s democratic order.

ASIA: China struggled to clear roads and cope with power cuts caused by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 19 people and injured 247.

EUROPE: A car rammed into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb, injuring six in what its mayor called a deliberate act.

MIDDLE EAST: The Norwegian Refugee Council says the closure of Sanaa airport has caused more deaths in Yemen than airstrikes because many have died from not being able to travel for specialized medical care.

TECHNOLOGY: Australian public servants will be banned from criticizing the government on social media.

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North Korea: Tensions rise with unprecedented, threatening rhetoric.

US President Trump threatened to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangered the US.

In response, North Korea is reviewing plans to strike US military targets in Guam with its medium-range ballistic missiles to create “enveloping fire.”

Residents of Guam say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the US and North Korea.

Trump’s remarks were a remarkable escalation of military rhetoric with little precedent in the modern era, historians and analysts said.

North Korea figured out how to make a very big explosive small enough to sit atop one of its mobile-launched missiles, a development that could threaten much of the US, according to a US intelligence report.

Yemen: The Norwegian Refugee Council says the closure of Sanaa airport has caused more deaths in the country than airstrikes because many have died from not being able to travel for specialized medical care. (AP)

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Communications: Australian public servants will be banned from criticizing the government on social media. (Xinhua)